I was outside half hour ago, looked up, and saw this brightness close to the moon. I was taken aback, and thought that in my semi-drunkeness that I failed to see it before. Just went back out, with my trusty tele I've had since college. Pretty damn cool.

The south willamette valley has had nonstop unremitting fog for a week with no end in sight it seems. The first few days were kinda cool, then it got old, now I just want to see the sun again. Or ride home under the clouds, instead of through them.

How to make your neighbors wonder "What is wrong with that guy?" 101 stand in your driveway, wearing a black hoodie and red headlight and try to explain to your 6 year old that she needs to look in the telescope not touch the telescope.

Went out tonight and got a pretty good look at Jupiter and we think Ganymede and Callisto. Makes it pretty easy to get your bearings when you start out by just looking for the brightest thing in the sky.